Footwear fasteners

A footwear fastener for fastening an item of footwear having an opening for allowing adjustment of the footwear, and a plurality of eyelets arranged in spaced opposed pairs in two rows located on either side of the opening, the fastener comprising a two-part clip, the two parts of which are interengageable, and at least one elongate connecting strip which is integrally formed with one of said parts and adjustably attachable to the other of said parts, the connecting strip being adapted to pass through one of said opposed eyelet pairs so as to secure said pair of eyelets together when the two parts of the clip are interengaged.

A footwear fastener for fastening an item of footwear having an opening for allowing adjustment of the footwear, and a plurality of eyelets arranged in spaced opposed pairs in two rows located on either side of the opening, the fastener comprising a two-part clip, the two parts of which are interengageable, and a plurality of elongate connecting strips connected to the two parts of the clip in parallel relationship and at positions corresponding to the spacing of the eyelet pairs, and each one of said strips being adapted to pass through one of said opposed eyelet pairs so as to secure said pair of eyelets together when the two parts of the clip are interengaged, wherein a first of said parts is provided with at least one hook-like member adapted to hook onto the second of said parts when the first and second parts are interengaged, and the first part is also provided with a release member which projects beyond the hook-like member and which overlies at least a portion of the second part when the two parts are interengaged, and wherein the release member is arranged so that an upward pull on the release member by a user causes the hook-like member to disengage from the second part, thus allowing the first and second parts of the clip to separate.